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This article introduces various hobbies such as model railroading, sailing, collecting, and painting to help beginner English learners improve their listening skills easily. The article follows a phased listening practice approach, suitable for middle and high school students to gradually enhance listening comprehension.

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Practice listening easily with just 15 minutes a day! This book features selected 2-minute short passages at a moderate difficulty level, perfect for beginners. Through four stages—"preview listening—catch keywords—understand sentence by sentence—overall retelling"—learners progress step-by-step to understand over 90% of the content. Consistent practice leads to quality improvement and a leap forward in your English listening skills! Below is a collection curated by the qicai website editor, starting from the simplest English listening materials, suitable for junior and senior high school (beginner level).

A lot of people have hobbies. Hobbies are interesting things that people like to do in their spare time. My father has a hobby. He has a model railroad set that he put together. A tiny electric train runs through make-believe villages and travels through tunnels and over mountains.

My father also enjoys sailing. He has a real sailboat that he takes us out on. He is teaching me how to sail.

I like to collect things. I collect comic books, stamps, and coins. I trade comic books with some of my friends, and sometimes I buy comic books at stores. Some of the very old comic books are worth a lot of money.

I have stamps from all over the world. Whenever any of my friends get a letter from a faraway place, they save the stamps for me. I have stamps from England, Japan, Australia, and even Russia. I use a magnifying glass to look at the stamps, and I keep them in a special album.

I don't have too many coins yet, but I have a very old dime from Canada, and I have a coin with a hole in it from Africa. My mother used to collect dolls when she was a little girl. The dolls were costumes from different countries.

My friend John's hobby is painting. He does oil painting. He has even sold some of his paintings. He is a good artist. My friend Linda sews. She has made clothes for herself and some of her friends. Maybe Linda will be a fashion designer when she gets older.

Sometimes people's hobbies lead them into their careers.


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  • collect

    noun

    1. a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England

  • hobby

    noun

    1. an auxiliary activity

    Synonym: avocationby-linepursuitsidelinespare-time activity

    2. small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds

    Synonym: Falco subbuteo

    3. a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers
    the child straddles it and pretends to ride

    Synonym: hobbyhorserocking horse

  • designer

    noun

    1. someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)

    Synonym: architect

    2. someone who designs clothing

    Synonym: couturierfashion designerclothes designer

    3. a person who devises plots or intrigues

    e.g. he is believed to be the principal designer of the terrorist bombing attack

    Synonym: intriguer

    4. someone who specializes in graphic design

    Synonym: graphic designer

    5. a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings

    Synonym: interior designerinterior decoratorhouse decoratorroom decoratordecorator

  • sailing

    noun

    1. the departure of a vessel from a port

    2. the activity of flying a glider

    Synonym: glideglidingsailplaningsoaring

    3. riding in a sailboat

    4. the work of a sailor

    Synonym: seafaringnavigation

  • magnifying